Architectural Lantern Slides of France

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Lantern slides created in France during the late 19th or early 20th century. Image subjects include churches and cathedrals, castles, palaces, public buildings, bridges, sculpture, artifacts taken from other countries, and street scenes. These lantern slides were intended for use in architectural pedagogy. Some images include people and fashions of the time.

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Several aristocratic residences dating from the Baroque era have survived and have been turned into public institutions: the Musée Calvet and the Médiathèque Ceccano (municipal library) were once palatial homes. The original owner, Joseph-Ignace de Villeneuve-Martignan, a member of the city council and first consul of Avignon, enlarged the house starting in 1734. The architects were Thomas Lainée and later Jean-Baptiste Franque and his son François. The garden wa…

Several aristocratic residences dating from the Baroque era have survived and have been turned into public institutions: the Musée Calvet and the Médiathèque Ceccano (municipal library) were once palatial homes. The original owner, Joseph-Ignace de Villeneuve-Martignan, a member of the city council and first consul of Avignon, enlarged the house starting in 1734. The architects were Thomas Lainée and later Jean-Baptiste Franqu…

Built by Jacques Gabriel and his associate Jean Aubert, in 1728-1731. Since 1919 it has housed the Musée Auguste Rodin. The house is still surrounded by three hectares (7.3 acres) of grounds. The house had boiseries carved in the full-blown rococo manner and has two elliptical salons that form attached pavilions at the corners of the garden front.